Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, and widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this bittersweet and elegant play tells the story of the Mundy sisters' fight for the survival of their family. Told through the eyes of one sister's illegitimate son, his visions of the past take shape as the power of music take hold of his mother and the four maiden auts who raised him. Momentarily resuced from their bleak existence by the strains of their first radio, these five sisters dance with abandon as they succumb to the music and passion of shared hopes and forgotten dreams. Dancing at Lughnasa will be directed by P. George Bird.

Winner of theh Joseph Campbell award and cited in Outstanding Plays for Young Audiences, this Theatre of the Young presentation by Sandra Fenichel Asher celebrates the life, courage and wit of Sojourner Truth. From her days of slavery to Truth's emergence as a respected speaker on abolition and women's rights, A Woman Called Truth artfully combines her words with authentic folk songs, African lullabies, and spirituals of the time. Honored by the National Endowment of the Arts and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, this spirited production will be directed by Patricia Zimmer and is appropriate for ages 11 and up

Set sail for a hilaious journey back to the innocence of a bygone era in this affectionate send-up of the Busby Berkely movie musical of the 1930s. Voted best musical by Time, Look, Newsweek, and the New York Post, Dames at Sea also received the Outer Circle Critic' Award for best musical. Written by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller wit music by Jim Wise, the show tells the tale of a small town girl who dreams of making it big in show business. Her dreams come true as she leaps into stardom not on Broadway, but on the deck of a battleship! Loaded with lively music and dance, Dames at Sea will be directed by Kerry Graves.

Shay Youngblood's portrait of a young black girl's adolescence is a heartfelt memory play bursting with detail, emotion and truth. A drama that combines storytelling, music and dance, Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery recalls the youth of Daughter, raised by her grandmother and a diverse group of black women in thier 1960s Southern community. Now grown, Daughter reflects on her past and the "Big Mamas" who taught her the traditions and rituals of their ancestors, leading her first to the river and then beyond, into womanhood. Poetic reflections of the past are shared in this evocative play, directed by Wallace Bridges.

Obsession: To want what you cannot have; to have life itself diminished to a solitary, all-consuming state of desire. Emily Bronte's spell-binding masterpiece of passion and its destructive, malignant force comes to life in tis original adaptation. Dark, brooding Heathcliff. "Catherine Earnshaw, be with me always ... take any form ... drive me mad, only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you." Spirirted, willful Catherine. "He's more myself than I am." Desire. Obsession. "In every cloud, in every tree ... filling the air at night, I am surrounded by her." Absence. Violence. This stunning production will be adapted and directed by Annette Martin.

Wagner does Dallas in this country & western comedy by Jim Luigs, with music by Scott Warrender. Acampy retelling of Wagner's Ring cycle, this hilarious production moves five actors through more than 30 characters at a deliciously delirious pace. Characters included in this musical quest fo a magic ring are young maiden Brunhilde, her love Siegfried the singing cowboy, Alberich the evil dwarf, and Wotan the one-eyed man. toss in tree spinster river maidens, a few dwarves, a couple of giants, two shotgun weddings and a salute to quacamole and you have a wild and rollicking musical, directed by Ken Stevens.